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Detailed assessment of activities of daily living in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2005

D. GALASKO ,
F. SCHMITT ,
R. THOMAS ,
S. JIN ,
D. BENNETT  and
S. FERRIS
D. GALASKO
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
F. SCHMITT
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
R. THOMAS
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
S. JIN
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
D. BENNETT
Affiliation:
Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Chicago, Illinois
S. FERRIS
Affiliation:
New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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Abstract

Patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) who have reached a stage of moderate to severe dementia are capable of completing a restricted range of cognitive tests and performing a limited range of activities of daily living (ADL). As part of an initiative to develop instruments to evaluate AD, we analyzed data describing the performance of a large number of ADL and scores on cognitive and global assessment measures in a cohort of patients with AD with moderate to severe cognitive impairment, defined as a Mini-Mental State Examination score ranging from 0–15 (out of 30). From the large pool of ADL, 19 met criteria of applicability, reliability, good scaling, concordant validity, and sensitivity to detect change in performance over 6–12 months. A total score derived from these 19 ADL ratings, comprising a scale termed the Alzheimer Disease Cooperative Study ADL-sev, correlated strongly with measures of cognition and of global dementia severity. Patients with moderate to severe AD showed a decline on the ADL-sev and cognitive measures over 6 and 12 months, consistent with the progression of AD. Detailed evaluation of ADL may provide a useful index to evaluate patients with moderate to severe AD and may complement cognitive assessment, especially for characterizing change in interventional or therapeutic studies. (JINS, 2005, 11, 446–453.)

Keywords

Alzheimer diseaseDementiaActivities of daily livingSelf careFunctionally-impaired elderlyTreatment outcome

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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , July 2005 , pp. 446 - 453
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© 2005 The International Neuropsychological Society

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